St. Lucia News Online has received reports of two shooting incidents near Faux-A-Chaud, Castries at around midnight.
Reports are that at about 12:30 am a barrage of gunshots were fired at a house on George Cooper Road\Hospital Road.
The house targeted was allegedly that of a teenager who was shot and injured on Hospital Road in January this year.
About 15 minutes later, this newsroom also understands that the house of a recent homicide victim in the area was shot up.
No one was injured in this morning’s shooting incidents.
Police are investigating.
The Faux-A-Chaud and Hospital Road areas have been the scenes of an ongoing gun violence between rival factions since late last year which have resulted in several homicides.
The last homicide occurred on Sunday, Aug. 18 at about 2 pm when 36-year-old Norence Laurant of George Cooper Road was shot several times.
His death came two weeks after a man named William Francis, 45, aka Ghost, was gunned down on Hospital Road.